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Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

It will continue indefinitely to be a congested place to live and work in order to grow in competition with others
Quality of life drops a little because of overcrowding and long queue causing frustration.
To resolve this, the little red dot will have to stretch to every nook and corner to support
its huge population in time to come.

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

Originally Posted by betta01

Having lived oversea, now for 2yrs I have to admit that Spore is a good n desireable country to stay in.
Where I m staying now, things are expensive and standard of infrastruture are low.
Somehow I feel that those Sporean who compliant abt Spore are those who have never experience long stay oversea.
Frogs in well not knowing that life outside can be more harsh!!

I have also lived overseas but there are always 2 sides to a coin.

I would agree with you that Singapore is not as horrible as some people will have you believe, but I would not go so far as to say that everyone else who thinks that it is not a good place to stay in are simply frogs in well.

There are really people who will find other places a better place to live in, whether things are more expensive, and whatever the standard of infrastucture is. Let's not say that the glass is half full, or half-empty, but take a step back, and examine objectively with a critical eye that:

- The glass is half-full AND half-empty
- Point out why this is so
- Beyond just pointing out why this is so, work together to make the glass fuller

That's how a society can progress. On the third point, let's just not talk about the bad things, the good things, but take action. I have seen many people complaining that they see many old people picking up cardboard despite their age. Yet when it comes to the amount of people actually doing something to help them out, the number really dwindles. To improve things, one must start with talking, but also follow through with the appropriate action.

Talking about what is better, what it's like in other countries will not make much practical sense, since the key idea here is to race with yourself (as a country), and improve things as far as possible. It's not easy, but I have faith that we will get there. Cheers.

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

Originally Posted by ed9119

where would some of us prefer to live and work then if given an opportunity ?

If Singapore was not my home (and it very clearly is, for many many reasons beyond being born here), I would love to head to the UK coast for a few years and try to eke out an existence as a landscape photographer for a few years, perhaps.

But it is, and I don't think after the confirmation that there is indeed a strong emotional attachment to this hot humid island that I would ever leave... so I can only hope for sufficient money to go back one day and shoot some of those beautiful rugged shores again (I never felt that I did justice with those few road trips here and there).

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

some people like durian, some people think it smells and and tastes like s**t.

also, i never trusted in polls, awards and the likes.....the intiator sometimes have a vested interest in it....
they are trying to convince somebody of something... of course one that i have absolutely confidence in is the press freedom index
where singapore is ranked hundred and thirty something.....

and does it matter if 100% of them finds it desirable when you don't, or vice versa???? other people being happy does not mean you are happy, other people being unhappy does not make it a sad place for you .....

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Reason: s**t became ****

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

About the two photos. I was feeling sorry for the tourists who paid so much to stay at the hotel and got such a lousy view. It is not just the selection of random photos. I have personally been to the 2 places (Sentosa & Koh Samui) and seen the views myself. Through no fault of the hotel, Singapore is less blessed by Mother Nature compared to some other countries. I am not suggesting we do away with the container cranes because the port is important to Singapore's survival.

This idea of "4th most desirable" is irrelevant to most of us locals. Most cannot go elsewhere. Whether we would want to, is another story. Not necessarily. When you move to the other country, then you find out all the hidden horrors. For example high crime rate in Johor Bahru.

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

actually we should all look at it this way. we want things that we don't need. for example, we earn more than a million in a life time.

but when you look those things apart from necessities like housing (a HDB flat is good enough), and public transport is pretty reasonable or a cheap Japanese car, there are those who hanker after status with expensive housing like condos and bungalows, and BMWs and AUDIs. they can't really afford it but to chase this "dream" that marketing creates, they put their bank accounts on the line.

these are the people who are mostly complaining: the ones who are chasing the wind.

actually we should all look at it this way. we want things that we don't need. for example, we earn more than a million in a life time.

but when you look those things apart from necessities like housing (a HDB flat is good enough), and public transport is pretty reasonable or a cheap Japanese car, there are those who hanker after status with expensive housing like condos and bungalows, and BMWs and AUDIs. they can't really afford it but to chase this "dream" that marketing creates, they put their bank accounts on the line.

these are the people who are mostly complaining: the ones who are chasing the wind.

Agree.

In an article about happiness, it proposed that people are happy because of the element of being better off than their neighbours/friends/etc. in Singapore, unfortunately, the upmanship is difficult to attain. Most things are affordable by most people, leaving the really high cost items to create the differentiating factor. Stretch for these; private housing, expensive cars, top end cameras; in the process make themselves miserable and then blame someone/something else.

Re: Singapore is 4th most desirable place to live & work

You mean we desire the "scenic view"? Check out Rasa Sentosa Shangrila and what do you see? A view of muddy water and rows of container cranes at nearby Keppel.

How can this compare to the view from a hillside hotel on Koh Samui looking into the clear aquamarine waters of the Andaman sea.

well, according to some of my friends who are into diving, Singapore is one of the only places around where there are still live coral reefs within sight of a bustling port and petrochemical complexes... for such heavily industrialized waterways, Singapore's water quality is pretty decent